Type-writing machine.



W. D. FRICKS L H. M. ASHB. TYPE WRITING MACHINE. AFPLIU'A'FION um00x21.. 1907,

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`TYPL WRITING MACHINE.

APPLIUATIGN FLXLIP 00124, 1907.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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UNITED STATES lPrllllbll OFFICE.

'WILLIAM D. TRICKS AND HARRY M. ASHE, n0F ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNORS,BY

MESNE ASSIGNL'IENTS, TO UNDERWDOD TYPEWRITER.CO 0F NEW A CORPORATION OFDELAWARE.

YORK, n. Y.,

TYPE-WRIING MACHINE.

Application filed October 1 T0 all whomy it may comme? Be it knoivn thative, WILLIAM I). Fincas and HARRY M. Asus, citi/ens ot' the UnitedStates, residing;` at Atlanta, Fulton county, State of Georgia. haieinvented certain neiv and useful improvements in '.l`ype-l/VritingMachines, of which the following is a specilication.

An object provide means for `et or strip of paper. ria-li el" the eitries made on separate sheets :It p; ifliirli are successively insertedin and i owed from the machine. F or instaure. it is customary incertain systems of lioolilf. nn' in enter upon the bills of custoniers t'ini dav to da y the items chargeable a afa a usa of the presentinvention -is to obtaining),` on a single hun, instead. oli entering'these items and then preparing the bills ln ca ing out this system nur'air-prove' typewriter', the original hill, which goes to the customer,

are placed in the machine with Qt between, as is usual in inaku: :u .noni i 'i :ares "In addition we profle a third strip ot paper, which ispreferably in the torni of a ribbon, and upon which the annuuits ot theitems charged to the several customers are entered ina colroni :um a e:Ai

.3 (viuumn. lly summing up this column at the 'end of day. the total ofall charges tor the d obtained. The strip upon which which may be termeda tally sheet, is preferably provided with a `writing surface on oneside and a carbon sui-face on the other, so that while the iinpressi eare being' produced by the typeivriter 'ribbon on the tront'of the tallysheet,

the totals are made,

carbon iiaprt" nl" are produced on the orifinal and of, o 'e bills4between the tally Sir-et latin We provide meansA and t sheer remainsstationary i ,il also conventally sheet step to insert the -igl andsupply he 'liournale hand end above the :iulv' he right lil spoolsbenin' tally strip may extend sui'iply spools around le of the usualWerl; sheets.

la platea uisif Specification of Letters alent.

a copy of a part of,

re benin" ins' rted in and re- Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

.se-nai No, 398,949.

and upward "to the receiving spool. A presser linger carriesa pressureroll to bear analist the tally strip and hold it in drivinnrelation tothe platen, and also carries a guide through which the tally stripextends; said presser linger being 'spring pressed against the platenbut movable therefrom to litt the pressure roll and also positively movethe tally strip away from the platen, thereby permitting' the platen t0be rotated and feed the vvorlr sheets independently of the tally strip.Said guide also serves as a tearing edge for the tally strip. The guidelinger may be lifted and held from the platen by suitable means, suchas` a linger actuated cam. i

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

The invention will be described more particularly in connection with theaccompanyine` drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a front view of a typewriter Carria ha ving our inventionapplied thereto: Fig. "2 is an end View of the same partly in section onthe line 2-2 of Fig. l; Fig. El is a view similar to part of Fig. Z butshowing the mechanism in a different .position; Fig. ft is a detail planview of a presser linger and paper guide.

Our invention can be applied to any type- Writing 1nachine,but it isparticularly applicable to machines havingundivided or in'iipartitecylindrical platens and especially to front strike machines, and we haveillustrated it in connection with a machine of the latter class. y

teterring to the drawings, l indicates the carriage ofA a typewritingmachine and 2 the platen, which is mounted in suitable bearings in thecarriage. A bar 3 extends along 'the carriage in front of and below theplaten and on this bar is mounted a Lpaper finger 4, which is constantlypressed toward the platen by a spring 4?. Beneath the platen are thepaper feed rolls 2a, 2l. These rolls are ot ordinary construction andare yieldingly pressed against the platen in the usual manner byvsuitable springs. In the present instance the paper feed` rolls onlycoperate with the portion of the platen to the left of the tally strip,the rolls which in ordinary typewriting machines would bear on the tallystrip being omitted. This permits of feeding the bill blanks or othersheets of paper in the machine without n'ioving the tally strip when thepresser finger is raised. lilith the exception of the omission ofcertain of the feed rolls, the papeifeedii'ig devices shown in thedrawing are those of the well known L. C. Smith & Bros. typewritingmachine, although any other suitable paper feeding mechanism may be usedin connection with our improvements.

At the right end of the carriage we provide a special presser finger ordevice 5 which is hinged to a suitably lined support 6. As shown, thissupport is carried by the bar 3, but it will be obvious that it 4mayotherwise be secured to the carriage. rl`he presser linger 5 isconnected to its support by a hinge joint 7 and is normally pressedagainst the platen by a spring 8. 'Ihisnger is oli'set toward the centerof the platen above the printing plane and in its offset portions arepreferably mounted one or more anti-friction rolls 9, adapted to reducethe friction between thev finger and theplaten or paper. At the upperend of the presser linger, and connected witlrthe offset portion, is apaper guide 1() toward the center of the platen and likewise above theprinting plane; this guide is preferably in the form of a flat loopadapted to receive and guide a paper ribbon 11, and having a straightupper edge 10a which forms apaper cutter by means of which the tally.strip may be conveniently torn off when it is desired ,to remove aportion of it.

lVe provide means for moving vthe presser linger lto and from theplaten-and-for holding it away from the platen When desired. As shown'these means comprise a thumb or cam lever 'l2 pivotally connected to alug 13 at the right side of the presser linger. 'When this thumb leveris turned -out into the position shown.in Fig. 2, the spring 8 is.permitted to hold the presser finger yieldingly against the platen, oragainst the paper running'over the platen, and 'when the thumb lever isthrown'into the position shown in Fig. 3, the presser'finger is heldaway from the platen. W'hile in this position the thumb lever 1:? mayrest directly on the platen surface, but we prefer to providev a fixedpart lil. against which the thumb leverinay bear.

rlhetally sheet ll'ispreferably a strip or ribbon of paper havingawriting surface on .its outer side and having its inner surface coveredwith a carbon preparation. It will be evident however 'that instead ofcoatingr the vsurface of the tally strip with carbon a thin strip ofcarbon may bearranged within the tally strip andv made to travel with1t.

Upon the rear of the carriage is a support 15 carryingtwo spools16,'17,the former spool carrying' the supply roll 'of the tally .strip andthe'latter spool being adapted to receive the tally strip as it leavesthe platen.

Ther-2e spools may be of any ordinary constrzieti on. Y For conveniencethey are removably held upon their spindles by the thumb nuts 18. At theright end of each spool is a. pulley and a band or belt 1f) effects afriction drive between these pulleys so that when the delivery spool .1Gis turned the receiving spool 17 willbe turned simultaneously. The spool16 is turned automatically by the feeding of the tally strip to theplaten and as the diameter of the roll on the supply spool 1G isusually-much greater than'the diameter of the roll on the winding spool17, the diameter of the pulley on thellatter spool is smaller than thediameter of the other pulley, so that the peripheral speed of the.rollon the spool 17 isalways as great as that of the roll on spool 1G andslack in the tally strip is thereby prevented. Undue tension on thetally strip is prevented by slippage olt the band 19 on its pulleys. i

, '.lhe platen may be rotated either by means of the hand wheels 2.1secured to the ends of the platen axle, or bythe usual line-spacemechanism comprising the line-space ratchet wheel Q2.

The operation of the invention when used in preparing bills is asfollows: `The end of the tally strip is carried from the spool. 1G overthe paper table QG, around the platen, through the guide 1.0, andconnected With the core of the spool 1.7. W hen it is desired to inserta bill the ,presser linger is held away from the platen. as shown inFig. 3. A bill A, together with a carbon C and a duplicate bill B maythen `be inserted in thel machine .without disturbing 'the tally strip,

the right ends containing the figure Aeelumms adjustment of-the bill andduplicate the tally istrip willnot. be disturbed ifthe presser finger bemaintained away from the platen,'as illustrated in Fig. 3. `TWhen thepapers have been properly adjusted for writing, the finger lever 152 isAthrown out and the presser finger permitted to spring a gainel theplaten, as shown in Fig. 2. 'l`he typewriter is then operated in theordinary way and two copies of the items on the hill, to gether `withthree copies 4of the figures are produced. lf more than one item iswritten the tally sheet willbefed forward with the hill. in duplicate onturning the platen. After the last item has been entered on the vbillthe platen is'tyurned one line` space to are ordinarilycarried out tothe right and by arranging the. bills in the typewriter so thatthe totalcolumns are-under the tally sheet and the item columns exposed onlythetetals will'be vprinted on the tally sheet and these 'totals maybeprinted as closely togetherl as desired. When' vthe system ofbookkeeping 1n use requires daiiy ent-ry of items on bills, the billsare successixfely placed in the typvriter and the amount ofV eaehiteinis written on the tally sheet.` By adding upthe items of the tally sheetat the end of each day thetetal of charges for the day -can be obtained.4In totaling the bills at the endof. the mont-litho totals may 'be`produced on the tally sheetand "added and a cheek on the .dailv'entriesthus obtained.

It will be evidentthatj'v'arious'changes'ln detailsv ofl constructionand arrangement may be made lWithout departing from the spirit and scopeof our invention,

Vif'ithout limitin'r ourselves to the precise Aform of theinrentionillustrated and described, Vwe claim,

1. The combination vith 'fa platen for` su) )oi-tine" a.iroilr-'sgieetof av device for .1. A. D 1 uidin' a' tall f-sneet inoverla .i )inv relation g D o. with resneet to said Work-sheet mechanisml. 1 to rotating said platen to .coneoinitantly 'feed saidV orlr'sheetl'and said tally-sheet,

Vand means for moving said de rice and with it the tally-sheet--awayfrom the platen'to free..said tally-sheet from actuation by the platenWhile said-worlc-sheetA remains under.

thel control of said A'line-sp'at-,ing mechanism tof be fed therebyindependentlyv of said tally-sheet.;

.2f In a typewriting machine, thev combination with the` usualcarri'age, platen and paper .feedingr devices, of a presser --finger atthe right end`of'the earriage," means-forV fieldiiigl')7 holdingsaid'ftingeragainst the platen, means for holding-thefinger away .fromAthe platen', and meanson said finger for guiding a tally Str1p,-

SSTh'e combination with` a. platen arranged to receive a Worlesheet andsupport .the same,.means for maintaining a combined eaiboirsheetandreefo'rding tally-sheet` in .superposed rela-tion 'with 'respect tosaidg work-sheet :in such positionjt'hat matter.

Written on 'said'tallyheetean be transf.` --err'ed lfrom the'tally-'sheet to 'said :worksheet by the carbonfportin of' sjaiditally'- sheet; and means to earry ,the tally-sheet against and'away'from said platen to cause said sheets 'tobe' fed together or topermit -the work-sheet to be fed indep'endently of the tally-sheet.

4." In a typewriting machine, the eombination with a carriage, a singleplaten thereon, and paper feed rollers eoperating with the platen, oftally strip spools, .a support for lsaid spools carried by the carriage,a

presser finger uponthe carriage and adapted to bear on a tally stripcarried by said spools, means for holding said finger yieldingly uponsaid strip and platen, and means to move and holdsaid finger au'ayfromthe pla'ten independently of the paper, feed rollers, and therebyperinittlie platen to be rot-ated' and feed a worksheet thereonvindependently of the tally strip, V

5. The combination with ai platenfof means for supporting aiWork-sheet'aiid a tally-sheetin over-lappingrelation so that.

an ordinary impression can be made on lthe -one'and a carbon of the samesubject matter on thejother, and pivot-al means for positively movingsaid tally-.sheet away from said Worksheet' tofperniit an.iiidep'endentj relative n ioi'einei'it betn'eeii-saidl work-sheet andsaid tallyrsheet.-

. 6. The Combination with aplaten arranged to support a work-sheet,ofnieans for pressing a tally-sheet'on said 'platen' at a certain pointso as to cause the tally-slieet tobe vfed ooneoinitantly with saidWorksheet by Va inorement of said'v platen, i and ,meaiis vfor movingsaid tallysheet away .'frointhe platen at said point toenable'ianvindependent. 'movement of said work-sheet witl'if'nsaid' platen.

7; The combination with a sing arranged to receive a \\'oil{lslieet,jofoifsupporting -a tally-sheet in orei relation with A-iespeet to saidivoi\ said spoolsraga'mst thejplaten, herebytii'e strip vwill be fedwhen' the plz'it'enis: ro-VV ta'ted', and means for moving and holding;

vt'hepresser finger away from theplaten in.-

dependent of inorement'of any other paper,- feeding devices, and therebyreleasingrv the tally-strip from-the platen. *f f 'iL-Ina typewritingmachine, the combination with the carriage, a--platen, and the. usualpaper feeding. devi`ees,'of a support Vmounted on theearriage at theright end` thereof, a pair of spools on` said support, a presser fingerarranged to cooperate with "the right end of the platen to hold a tallystrip supported by said spools against. the

. platen, whereby the strip will be fed when the platen is rotated, andmeans for holding-the presser linger away from the platen to permit thelatter to. be rotated without moving the tally strip, said meanscomprising a. thumb lever mounted on the presser linger. Y

10. In a typenjriting macliine,'the combi'- n'ation with the carriageand theplaten supported thereon, of nie-ans for supporting a tallystripin operative position rela-tively to platen, a presser linger p ivotallymo'i'inted'onthe ea rriage, anda Aguide for the tally strip carried bysaidpresserfinger."

11..V In a vtypeivriting -1nachine, the combination lwith the carriageandthe platen snpport-ed thereon, of means for 'snpporting a tallystrip"` in operative'- posit'ion relatively to said plat-en a presser,fingerpivotally mounted n'tlie carriage, and a `guide for the tallystrip carried 'by saidfpresserfingei,

said'guide having an edge-extending across` the tally stri-phy means ofwhich the latter may conveniently torn. and removed.

l2. I n a itypeivritinfg machine, the combination-With aearriageand .aSingle platen, of a tallyst-rip' spool supported on the carriage,ineansfor: guiding a talfly'strip fromsaid Spool around the plate/'njapresser finger adapted to bear on the platen and constitut- 1 ing Withthe platen the Asole means for feedingthe. tally. Astri J" 1Aand paper'feed devices cooperating-Wi po tions of the pla-ten `not a'eeted 'b'yfthe presser linger', whereby a p aper rrounding the laten Within thetallyst'rlp may befed in ependentlyo the 'tally strip. 1

13.11he 'combination -w'vit-li a platenl arranged" to support f'a)vork-sheet, of. means 'fork-supporting a tallyl'sheetfin superposedrelation' `W'ith--respeo't to' saidA worksheet-'on .Said platen, 'means`for causing pressure of saidtallyslieet on'said platen so as to enablesaid platen to vfeed'saidtally-sheet with said' Work-sheet duringrotation ofl said platen, and vInez'ins' for positively Amoving saidtallylsheet away" from vsaid' platen and said. Work-sheet to lenablesaid Work-sheet to be fed with said Aplatenivl'iile said tallyslieetremains stationary.

A14. A "typevqriting machine combining a rotary platen,`means forsupporting on'said vplaten'a. worksheet and a tally strip superposed onsaid sheet, means for advancing the Work-sheet around the platenindependently of the strip, receiving and supplyvspools for saidstrip,a. support in which said spools are jour-nailed and maintaining a fixedrelation to the axes'of said spools, a nd a frictional drivingconnection between-the spools tendingto rotate the receiving spool at agreater angular speed than fthe supply spool.

l5. A typenr'iting machine combining a revolublef platen, adeliveryspool from which the. tallyl strip is led aron'nd`- the platen,means topress the strip against ther l'platen 4to reeeive-the-.typeimpressions and to enable the platen to-pall the strip oft;

from .thedelivery spool, 4adevice--independ-- ent vof said means'forfe'eding a. Work-sheet around `said )laten la. windiiw soool to`which the Writtei'istrip is delivered from the platen, and afriction-drivebetween the deliyery spool andthe winding spool to enablethe former to drive' the latter. y

1G. A typewi'fitin'gv machine'v combining a'. carriage, a. platensupport thereon, means for supporting a slieet'in operative relation tosaid platen', a presser device mounted on the carriage andp'rovided'with'an'oi-set portion extending tfovaidithe Center of 'the platen and`abovetlie printing plane, and means mounted upon said .portionextending between the sheetand platen and adapted bythe ln io'vementofthe presser device to sheet-releasing position 'to carry the sheet/faway from thevplaten."

1'7. A typewritingmachine."combining av carriage, a. platen supportthereon, means forsupporting a sheet inoperative relation v.d vthecenter of' Giur Stena-

